[ARDF] Digispark USB Development Board on sale at Microcenter: $5.99

[Matthew Robbins]

    This is kinda neat. It's a tiny little arduino-compatible board with 6
I/O pins. The normal price is $9 or $10, but they're on sale for a few more
days for $5.99. It has a built-in USB for programming (and maybe use by the
arduino program during operation---not sure).

    Might be a cheap solution ($6 each) for a PicCon replacement or a
foxhunt controller. I'm not positive, but I think since the USB connector
is part of the PCB, it only needs a USB extension cable for programming (or
no cable at all if you can plug it in without the extension cable). I'm
thinking it might need a 32K Hz watch crystal to keep good time.

    I have four already, but I have six more on order.

Matthew
AA9YH
Cincinnati

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Matthew Robbins <cedarcreek at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 5:27 PM
Subject: Digispark USB Development Board on sale at Microcenter: $5.99


I bought the last four they had yesterday, but today I ordered a few more
from their website with in-store pickup (free shipping, but tax is charged).

They have a small variety of prototype shields and i2c lcd display kits as
well. They are located in the walled-off gaming section about 8 or ten feet
right of the SparkFun section (in the Cincinnati store).

They had a starter kit for $14.95 with the dev board plus a prototype
shield (I think). I didn't want to buy that because I think it's cheaper
separately with this deal.

Matthew

 On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Ed Estes wrote:

> Microcenter is running a sale on the *Digispark USB Development Board*<http://www.microcenter.com/product/409634/USB_Development_Board>.
>  They are usually $9.95 but are on sale for $5.99 for the next two weeks. I
> backed them on *Kickstarter<http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digistump/digispark-the-tiny-arduino-enabled-usb-dev-board>
> * and this is even a cheaper price than I was able to get them for...
>
> You can't beat this board if you are looking for a small, low powered
> Arduino for those disposable projects.
>
> --Ed
>